Palabra : a sampling of contemporary Latino writers / written by Benjamín Alire Sáenz & Rosemary Catacalos.

A literary video anthology of Latino writers -- primarily Chicana and Chicano -- reading their own works.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: San Francisco State University. American Poetry Archive
San Francisco State University. Poetry Center
Insight Media (Firm)
Other Authors: Sáenz, Benjamin Alire
Catacalos, Rosemary
Paz, Octavio, 1914-1998
Sánchez, Elba Rosario
Alarcón, Francisco X., 1954-2016
Castillo, Ana
Montoya, José
Herrera, Juan Felipe
Cruz, Victor Hernández, 1949-
Cervantes, Lorna Dee
Rodriguez, Luis J., 1954-
Baca, Jimmy Santiago, 1952-
Corpi, Lucha, 1945-
Martínez, Demetria, 1960-
Anzaldúa, Gloria
Zamora, Bernice
Soto, Gary
Cardenal, Ernesto
Fuentes, Carlos
Language:English
Spanish
Language of the Original:
Spanish
Language and/or Writing System:
Video principally in English, with English subtitles for Spanish-language scenes.
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Genre:
Physical Description:1 videodisc (52 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Variant Title:
Sampling of contemporary Latino writers
Format: Video DVD
Contents:
  • Hablo de la ciudad / Octavio Paz
  • War fronts / Elba Rosario Sánchez
  • Las flores son nuestras armas / Francisco X. Alarcón
  • In my country / Ana Castillo
  • El Louie / José Montoya
  • Introduction to "Papaya" / Juan Felipe Herrera
  • Art : This / Víctor Hernández Cruz
  • Letters to David, Stage IV / Lorna Dee Cervantes
  • Racé politics / Luis J. Rodríguez
  • From "Martin & meditations on the South Valley" / Jimmy Santiago Baca
  • Labor de retazos / Lucha Corpi
  • From "Mother tongue" / Demetria Martínez
  • Letting go / Gloria Anzaldúa
  • Love, a mother's / Bernice Zamora
  • Bulosan, 1935 / Gary Soto
  • Section from the book-length poem "Cántico cósmico" / Ernesto Cardenal
  • From "La región más transparente" / Carlos Fuentes.